Do You Want to be Happy?

"The first thing I want you to understand, if you really want to wake up, is that you don't want to wake up. The first step to waking up is to be honest enough to admit to yourself that...You don't want to be happy. One little test? Let's try it. It will take you exactly 1 minute. You could close your eyes while you're doing or you could keep them open. It doesn't really matter. Think of someone you love very much, ...someone you're close to, someone who is so precious to you, and say to that person in your mind, 'I'd rather have happiness than have you.' See what happens. 'I'd rather be happy than to have you. If I had a choice, no question about it, I'd choose happiness.' How many of you felt selfish when you said this? Many it seems. See how we have been brainwashed? See how we've been brainwashed into thinking, 'How could I be so selfish?' But look at who's being selfish. Imagine somebody saying to you, 'How could you be so selfish that you choose happiness over me?' Would you not feel like responding, 'Pardon me, but how could you be so selfish that you would demand that I choose you above my own happiness?'" ~ Anthony De Mello

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